Recently rebranded Istithmar World, backed by the Dubai government, has agreed to purchase a majority stake in US firm Gulf Stream Asset Management.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The buyout firm blew the whistle on a former Wall Street trader who has settled an SEC lawsuit alleging he spread false rumours about Blackstone’s Alliance Data deal.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The success of TDC, the Danish telecoms company backed by a buyout consortium, in deleveraging by buying its own debt at a discount, has tempted other firms to follow suit.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Forward-looking fund managers are preparing their portfolio companies for life in a deteriorating economic and financial climate, delegates at PEI’s Asia Forum in Hong Kong learned.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
After a tough year in 2007 providers of the hybrid form of debt are likely to capitalise fully on the disappearance of competition to finance leveraged buyouts.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Russell Read looks to become an environmental rainmaker after a two-year stint at the $244bn US pension.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Eastern and Central European countries with programs encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Eastern and Central European countries with programmes encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The diversified firm, jointly led by Charles Kaye, has surpassed its target by 25 percent, as investors look to emerging markets and growth capital for returns.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Kemal Kaya, a leading figure in the Turkish banking world, has joined Blackstone, as buyout firms descend on the region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
